This is the main section of the DOM. There are wide hallways on either side just as tall and long as the center section, lined with statues. Shooting inside the Dom was difficult because unlike this lightened photo suggests, it was very very dark. Don’t let the lights on either side fool you. I don’t know why they keep the place so dim. Maybe to save energy, maybe to create a mood of solemnness.

I started by taking a few shots in one of the hallways using a tripod, but was quickly approached by a stern old man asking me if I had a permit. Not having one I was told I could only take pictures with the camera hand held. When a stern german tells you to not do something, you don’t.

The exposure time on this one is 1/2 second, how about that Mitchster? :) Check the EXIF. Ok I admit I was sitting one some steps (leading up to a cordoned off section behind me even larger than the far end of the cathedral), elbows braced on my knees, used mirror lookup, exhaled and held my breath, and squeezed the trigger very gently.